Stuffing container



LAWRENCE E. MoI-I'UGH. 0F D'UJBUIS, PENNSYLVANIA.

STUFEING GONTAENER.

Application filed April 3,

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that I, Lawnnnou E. Mo- HUGH, a citizen of the United States residing at Dubois, in. the county of Clearfield and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Stuliing Container, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide a container adapted to hold material of the sort which enters into the make-up of stufing or filling, the container being; so constructed that it can he placed in a baking pan or other utensil thereby providing; a quantity of stufling when the article which is being baked is oil? such a nature that it cannot contain stuffing, or when an additional quantity of stuffin e is required.

Specifically, the invention aims to provide a stufiingcontainer which will be strong at its ends, so as to withstand the expansion of the stutling, and to provide container, the body portion of which will be spaced from the bottom of the baking pan. so that one part of the stulling in the container will not become sodden with grease from the pan, the construction being such, further that the stu'tfing will not be likely to burn.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility or" devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

l/Vith the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description pro ceeds, the invention resides in the combina tion and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, '\\"ll3l1l1'l the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment ot the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 shows in longitudinal section, a stufiing container constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is an end ole vation of the container; and Figure 3 is a fragmental side elevation.

The device forming the subject matter of this application preferably is made from metal througl'lout and includes a tubular body 1 having; any desired number of perforations 2. Closures 3 and t are provided, the closures being inset, as shown at 5, to form cup-shaped extensions 6 received with Specification of Letters Patent. Pg jgnf fl J 14) 1922 1920. Serial ll'o. 371,101.

in the ends of the tubular body 1. The closures project peripherally beyond the body 1 and define flanges 7. The parts (3 of the closures are supplied with perforations The members 6 or" the closures are convexed inwardly, as shown at 9. The closure 4t is held permanently on the body 1 n any desired way, preferably through the instrunientality of solder 10 located in the angle defined by the flange 7 of the closure a and the body 1. A hinge 11 connects the fiange T oi the closure 3 with the body 1 and is located in the angle formed by the said parts. The flange 7 of the closure 3 is provided with an opening let. A latch 12 projects through the opening l t and is secured as indicated at 15. adjacent one end, to the body 1, the latch having a shoulder is adapted to engage the flange 7 of the closure 3. i

It will be obvious that the closure 3 may be swung to an open position on the hinge 11 to permit the body 1 to be filled with stutfing, and to permit the smiling to be removed. Since the flanges 7 project beyond the body 1, the body 1 is spaced from the bottom of the baking pan. Consequently, the stufling in the body 1 will not be burned adjacent to the bottom of the device, nor will the lower portion of the stui'ling in the body dip into the grease or gravy in the pan and become sodden. Since the cupshaped extensions 6 of the closures and ii: are convened inwardly as shown at 9, they will withstand the expansion of the stuffing. Further.v because the closures 3 and 4tare bulged inwardly as shown at 9, the device may be set up endwise, and the liquid or grease in the stutling can drain out in a way not possible if the closures 3 and 4: were flat.

The container may be filled with waste scraps of bread or the like and be placed in a baking pan P, thereby making use of material which would be thrown away otherwise and rendering it possible to have a supply of stuffing with a meat, not adapted to contain stufiing.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A stuffing container adapted to be placed in a baking pan or like utensil, and comprising a perforated tubular body; and closures inset to form cup-shaped extensions received within the ends of the body; the closures projecting peripherally beyond the body to as my own I have hereto affixed my signadefine supporting flanges which serve to ture in the presence of two Witnesses. space the body from the bottom of the pan T I. I 11 wherewith the container 1s used, the closures 4 LAWREB GE 5 being convexed inwardly, and being perfo- Witnesses:

rated JOSEPH (J. STERLING,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing R. F. VASBINDER, 

